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1131) The value of plant genetic diversity to resource-poor farmers in Nepal and Vietnam
This paper presents lessons learned from a work over 5-10 years in the Asia and Pacific Ocean (APO) region on participatory crop improvement, home gardens, and on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity. The lessons illustrate how farmers adapt genetic resources to suit local environmental conditions....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2008
1132) An Exploratory Study on the Diverse Uses and Benefits of Locally-Sourced Fruit Species in Three Villages of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Globally, the potential of indigenous and neglected fruit species is continuously being recognized. This study explores the uses and benefits of locally available fruit species among the Mapulana people in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality. The identified fruit species have the potential to be considered...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1133) Promotion of Local Crops in Nepal
This short video highlights the achievements of the Local Crop Project (LCP) in Nepal. The project was jointly implemented by LI-BIRD, Bioversity International, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and Department of Agriculture (DoA) in Nepal with the financial support of Global Environmental Facility...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
1134) Indigenous Food for Better Health
In recent decades Indigenous Peoples globally have experienced rapid and dramatic shifts in lifestyle that are unprecedented in history. Moving away from their own self-sustaining, local food systems into industrially derived food supplies, these changes have adverse effects on dietary quality and health....
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1135) Seeds Without Borders Initiative for Enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in South Asia
Seeds Without Borders Initiatives (SWBI) initiated in South Asia is important to share and exchange seeds beyond the borders in similar agro-ecologies to promote enhanced and least cost access to new improved varieties of crops to smallholder farmers. This paper aims to document the rationale, concept,...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2019